Ikumi Nakamura's Yokai-Hunting Game Resurfaces With Very Cool Gameplay Reveal
The game features yokai possession, three hunting styles and three-player online co-op as Unseen Inc. targets a 2027 launch on PlayStation 5.
- Ikumi Nakamura debuted the first gameplay trailer for Kemuri, an upcoming PS5 game from her studio Unseen Inc, during Tuesday's June State of Play showcase.
- Nakamura explained that Kemuri takes place in a city where human and demon worlds clash, tasking hunters with keeping the city safe from supernatural monsters using mystical powers.
- Players choose from three hunting styles—hunter, bow, and shaman—and possess creatures to "wear" them, transforming their appearance to access paranormal abilities.
- Groups of three can team up for online multiplayer via PlayStation Plus, with Kemuri scheduled to launch on PlayStation in 2027.
- Featuring Asian streetwear aesthetics, Kemuri combines Japanese folklore with urban platforming, challenging players to "confront existential themes and moral dilemmas" in fast-paced combat.
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Tuesday's State of Play kicked off in style thanks to Ikumi Nakamura, who showed off the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 5 game, Kemuri. In it, you're a yokai hunter who roams the streets in search of supernatural monsters — and you can bring along some friends for the ride (provided you've got PlayStation Plus!)
KEMURI reveals first gameplay, 2027 launch
Japanese developer UNSEEN shared the first look at gameplay for KEMURI, their new “yokai possession action game.” The new gameplay for KEMURI was revealed alongside the news its coming to PlayStation 5 and will launch sometime in 2027. Here’s a blurb on the previously announced game, plus the first gameplay: If you noticed something out of the ordinary […] Source
Kemuri: Hunt The Unseen Is A Yokai-Hunting Action Game With More Style Than We Can Handle
Developer UNSEEN has given us the first look at gameplay for its upcoming action game, Kemuri: Hunt the Unseen, which is slated for release on PS5 and PC in 2027. Sneaking out of the shadows and appearing during the recent PlayStation State of Play showcase, Kemuri challenges you and up to two other friends in three-player co-op to hunt down dangerous Yokai throughout a super stylised and colourful Kemuri City. Before taking it to yokai with var…
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